Do you know what MIT's latest accomplishment was?
"A team of engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented a bottle coating ("LiquiGlide") that makes ketchup pour as easily as milk. They say it could save 1 million tons of perfectly good but inaccessible ketchup and other food from being thrown out each year — not to mention saving untold hours spent in frustration."
For those of you that may be exclaiming "that's awesome!" or "wow- it's about time someone solved that!" -I feel compelled to remind you that MIT houses the most prestigious collection of intelligent individuals in the fields of advanced science and technology. And what are they spending their time with? The paradox of ketchup de-bottling.
Do they deserve applause? Absolutely! I just found it hilarious that of all the global problems to choose from, the best and the brightest would concern themselves with how to eliminate the frustration of being unable to remove a condiment from its container.
Nevertheless, I think we can all be thankful to the team of engineers who took on this troublesome task to make our lives easier. I'm sure that those of us who routinely accompany ketchup with our hot dogs, fries, and cheeseburgers are extremely eager to see this new bottle design hit the grocery store shelves.
Next time you find yourself fussing with a ketchup bottle, rest easy knowing that the days of incessantly banging the #57 on your ketchup bottle...as you shake gently...at a 45° angle...will soon be a thing of the past.
Happy Heinz-ing!
K8
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